krooklochurm comments on I was asked why I was reading a 900-page novel.

I was asked why I was reading a 900-page novel. (pawb.social)

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And to that I said - "well, it's a long story."

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[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've read the entire wheel of time series.

Like.

That was a lot of words.

And there are entire books where NOTHING HAPPENS.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

i don't think that's really fair, for example, in the slowest one I grew to hate Faile more than any other character in literary history, and that's technically a result of character exploration.

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[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Excuse me, a lot of braids got tugged in those books.

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[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago

Iirc only one braid got tugged. It just got tugged a lot.

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